sulfasalazine

Uses• ulcerative colitis
Contraindications,
drug interactions
or cautions
Contraindications
• intestinal or urinary obstruction
• porphyria
Drug Interactions
• folic acid
• digoxin
Cautions
• caution with liver and kidney dysfunction blood dyscrasias, or asthma
Adverse Effects (common and severe)• anorexia
• headache
• nausea
• vomiting
• gastric distress
• reversible oligospermia
Instructions and dose
(initial; typical)
500mg; 2g/day in divided doses
Monitoring• liver function tests
• renal function tests
• serum uric acid
Source of Suggestion
WHO Model List of Essential Medicines
(Added on August, 2015)